# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=308 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 309 --- ## [Home phone telephone Easter egg: calling your own phone line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-phone-telephone-easter-egg-calling-your-own-phone-line/940024)
**Author:** [@Thumper\_Stauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper_Stauss)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-phone-telephone-easter-egg-calling-your-own-phone-line/940024 "2025-05-29T11:47:16Z")
In the 1980s, was there a way to call your home phone from the same home phone (same line) by calling your telephone number, but in reverse. I know this sounds weird. My adult brain is trying to process how much to belie… --- ## [Drivers are becoming more assholic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-are-becoming-more-assholic/1002561)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-are-becoming-more-assholic/1002561 "2025-05-29T11:36:14Z")
Maybe it’s the growing congestion in the Front Range leading to road rage or maybe it’s all y’all coming to Northern Colorado from Tex-ass and Cali, but over the last year traffic here in the Denver/Front Range has gotte… --- ## [Hey kids! Wanna learn geopolitics with cute cartoons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-wanna-learn-geopolitics-with-cute-cartoons/1018948)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-wanna-learn-geopolitics-with-cute-cartoons/1018948 "2025-05-29T10:15:57Z")
Sure you do! And your buddies Lil’ Putin, Lil’ Elon, Lil’ Erdogan, and Lil’ Trump will help you learn! All provided by our friends the Russians! --- ## [What sitcom had a lot of child actors that were regulars go on to success as actors . Actors had to be minors to count, not playing minors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sitcom-had-a-lot-of-child-actors-that-were-regulars-go-on-to-success-as-actors-actors-had-to-be-minors-to-count-not-playing-minors/1018746)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sitcom-had-a-lot-of-child-actors-that-were-regulars-go-on-to-success-as-actors-actors-had-to-be-minors-to-count-not-playing-minors/1018746 "2025-05-29T03:10:06Z")
So Happy Days does not count except for Joanie & Chachi. Andy Griffith Show does count and it is 1 for 1 on success. Family Ties, only Mallory would count, Michael J. Fox was 21 when Family Ties started. On Partridge … --- ## [Rick Derringer RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-derringer-rip/1018868)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-derringer-rip/1018868 "2025-05-29T02:45:18Z")
Farewell to a great rock ‘n’ roll guitarist, singer and songwriter. He played with Edgar and Johnny Winter, Steely Dan, produced and played the solo on Weird Al’s “Eat It”, and wrote Hulk Hogan’s theme song “Real America… --- ## [Self-Proclaimed King Has Become the Court Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-proclaimed-king-has-become-the-court-jester/1017752)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-proclaimed-king-has-become-the-court-jester/1017752 "2025-05-29T02:16:39Z")
This season, and especially the post season Timberwolves series, has been a fitting punishment for the arrogant LeBron James who has become a faded caricature of the great player he once was. The self-proclaimed “Greate… --- ## [Help me identify an old-timey tune, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-old-timey-tune-please/1018649)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-old-timey-tune-please/1018649 "2025-05-29T01:23:44Z")
I don’t think it’s from a movie or TV show, but I’m sure everyone has heard it at some time in their life. It’s a kind of slow, rambling, banjo or rinkey-tink piano “wagon-train/way out West” piece that might have once… --- ## [Most insanely unlikely UNlucky (BAD luck) chance coincidence you or anyone close to you has ever experienced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-insanely-unlikely-unlucky-bad-luck-chance-coincidence-you-or-anyone-close-to-you-has-ever-experienced/1007236)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-insanely-unlikely-unlucky-bad-luck-chance-coincidence-you-or-anyone-close-to-you-has-ever-experienced/1007236 "2025-05-29T00:50:05Z")
This topic is not about insanely unlikely misfortunes- as in, being diagnosed with an extremely rare disease, or just happening to be at a McDonald’s right before a fire breaks out there, or getting seriously hurt by a d… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. Trump - Special West Point Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-west-point-edition/1018882)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-west-point-edition/1018882 "2025-05-28T23:33:25Z")
Our nation’s poet delivered the commencement speech at the United States Military Academy. He took the opportunity to discuss military issues. I tell a story sometimes about a man who was a great, great real estate m… --- ## [Getting 3D printing done for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-3d-printing-done-for-me/990003)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-3d-printing-done-for-me/990003 "2025-05-28T22:40:45Z")
I’m fairly sure this belongs here rather than CS. I need several small objects for a project I’m working on. I have no experience nor, I assume, talent in sculpting, carving, etc. The easiest thing would be to 3D-print … --- ## [Have you ever been attacked by a random stranger? Any attempted attacks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-attacked-by-a-random-stranger-any-attempted-attacks/1018672)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-attacked-by-a-random-stranger-any-attempted-attacks/1018672 "2025-05-28T22:21:15Z")
Attempted. Because of my dumbass friends. About a decade ago we went to a Shakesphere in the Park kind of thing. It actually wasn’t SITP, but something similar. It was an outdoor performance, audience spread out in pic… --- ## [Pee Wee as Himself - Mark Twain Prize for American Humor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wee-as-himself-mark-twain-prize-for-american-humor/1018867)
**Author:** [@SpyChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpyChief)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wee-as-himself-mark-twain-prize-for-american-humor/1018867 "2025-05-28T21:01:39Z")
Last night, I finished “Pee Wee as Himself” on Max. It’s a ROCK SOLID documentary about the character and the man behind the brilliance, Paul Reubens, who passed away in 2023. His contributions to comedy go back to bef… --- ## [There's Treasure Inside - Discussion And Ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861 "2025-05-28T19:46:45Z")
Honestly I just want to discuss possible locations of the treasure in the book by author Jon Collins Black titled “There’s Treasure Inside” Please share any ideas you have --- ## [Who was Princess Polny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-princess-polny/1016877)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-princess-polny/1016877 "2025-04-13T09:51:34Z")
In a book I’m reading, I came across this photo of British royal photographer Cecil Beaton and his friends Tilly Losch, Adele Astaire, Tallulah Bankhead, and Princess Polny. Tallulah, many people know – a famous actre… --- ## [If you want to turn somone on to a musical (theater stage) what is the best choice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-turn-somone-on-to-a-musical-theater-stage-what-is-the-best-choice/1018748)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-turn-somone-on-to-a-musical-theater-stage-what-is-the-best-choice/1018748 "2025-05-28T19:39:30Z")
Title kinda says it all. To be clear, I mean the easiest, most popular musical that everyone likes. Pirates of Penzance Wicked Mamma Mia Little Shop of Horrors Doubtless there are others. Just some examples. Lookin… --- ## [Jam session & time keeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jam-session-time-keeper/1018889)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jam-session-time-keeper/1018889 "2025-05-28T19:19:35Z")
I know little about this and I am learning guitar and really enjoy passing time improvising off of scales. I also have an acoustic bass that I enjoy as well. If two people are jamming - one bass and one guitar - does th… --- ## [Yellow squash. Oh boy, we gots 'em!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-squash-oh-boy-we-gots-em/1018879)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-squash-oh-boy-we-gots-em/1018879 "2025-05-28T17:06:09Z")
Any recipes would be greatly appreciated. Send your favorites. (Don’t worry about my own dietary restrictions, any and all tasty recipes will be considered) Thx! :smiley: --- ## [iPad for scribing/taking notes - advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-for-scribing-taking-notes-advice/1018819)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-for-scribing-taking-notes-advice/1018819 "2025-05-28T16:51:59Z")
It is the nature of my consulting job that I must often walk around workplaces and take notes. I have generally always done that with just a binder but I’ve seen people using iPads for this purpose and think I need to m… --- ## [Help me figure out if I can use passkeys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-if-i-can-use-passkeys/1018757)
**Author:** [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-if-i-can-use-passkeys/1018757 "2025-05-28T16:38:39Z")
I’m old (pushing 72) and not really all that tech-savvy, so please, bear with me. I’ve read a bit about passkeys on the web, and I kinda understand how they work and why they might be a good thing; however, I have trust… --- ## [The movie sequel isn't based on the book sequel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-sequel-isnt-based-on-the-book-sequel/1018762)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-sequel-isnt-based-on-the-book-sequel/1018762 "2025-05-28T16:08:05Z")
Since we’ve been doing a thread on sequels I thought I’d bring up this case. Often when a book has a sequel and movie is based on the original book, the movie sequel is based on the book sequel. As with the Arthur C. C… --- ## [Is There Anything I Can Do About My Crap Immune System?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-i-can-do-about-my-crap-immune-system/983170)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-i-can-do-about-my-crap-immune-system/983170 "2025-05-28T15:15:30Z")
In October 2022 I put my then 2.5 year old child in daycare, and I have been sick ever since. I know it is common for illness to circulate constantly in families with young children, but the problem is every time I get h… --- ## [Young doctor or old doctor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-doctor-or-old-doctor/1018216)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-doctor-or-old-doctor/1018216 "2025-05-28T15:15:13Z")
If you’re like me and in the US, you probably have an employer-sponsored insurance plan to cover your medical costs. These plans typically include shared costs between you and the insurer, which are split based on the t… --- ## [Inglourious Basterds - Shosanna and Landa (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inglourious-basterds-shosanna-and-landa-open-spoilers/540613)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inglourious-basterds-shosanna-and-landa-open-spoilers/540613 "2025-05-28T15:06:34Z")
So, thinking again of the two scenes between Shosanna Dreyfus and Col. Landa: Why did he let her go when she was a child? He could easily have shot her, or had his men do so, but chose not to. Even though he had no … --- ## [Windows 10 browser question -- tab and title font size within the browser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-browser-question-tab-and-title-font-size-within-the-browser/1018892)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-browser-question-tab-and-title-font-size-within-the-browser/1018892 "2025-05-28T14:51:22Z")
This seems to have changed for me today, but I don’t know why. Apparently something like this problem has been bothering people since the advent of Windows 10. In my browser, the font in the URL line, the bookmarks line… --- ## [Has Anyone Had a Problem with a Salivary Gland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-problem-with-a-salivary-gland/1018874)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-problem-with-a-salivary-gland/1018874 "2025-05-28T12:48:51Z")
I know, you’re not a doctor, or you’re not my doctor. Or dentist (come to think of it, I know we have a few MDs here, but I can’t think of any Dentists) I have an appointment with my dentist tomorrow. Dr. Google says den… --- ## [Backup phone for travel--suggestions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-phone-for-travel-suggestions/1017940)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-phone-for-travel-suggestions/1017940 "2025-05-28T12:31:32Z")
We want to get a phone to use instead of our regular cell phones when we travel. For $70ish/month, we can add a line to my phone account. What’s our least expensive option for a phone + service that meets all of most of … --- ## [Am I Overreacting about /AmIOverreacting? (Reddit about bad behavior in relationships)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-overreacting-about-amioverreacting-reddit-about-bad-behavior-in-relationships/1018709)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-overreacting-about-amioverreacting-reddit-about-bad-behavior-in-relationships/1018709 "2025-05-28T07:27:58Z")
I’ve been poking around Reddit a little more lately, and found myself gawking at /AmIOverreacting, a Reddit in which people post their scenarios and ask whether things are actually bad or whether they’re just overreactin… --- ## [What's your favorite Bob Dylan cover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887 "2025-05-28T07:03:51Z")
That is, what is your favorite cover of a Bob Dylan song? Full disclosure; I’m not a big Dylan fan but I respect his song writing abilities. Still, to me he’s like the Babe Ruth of songwriting - throw that much stuff ag… --- ## [How far does this "papal infallibility" stuff go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-does-this-papal-infallibility-stuff-go/1017956)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-does-this-papal-infallibility-stuff-go/1017956 "2025-05-28T05:09:53Z")
Putting this here because I doubt there’s a simple factual answer. What if the Pope just announced ex cathedra one day “You know, we’re going to drop the whole “divinity of Jesus” thing and rebrand ourselves as a femini… --- ## [Did Molly Shannon ever make a thriller, with an armed police standoff where she gets shot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-molly-shannon-ever-make-a-thriller-with-an-armed-police-standoff-where-she-gets-shot/1018866)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-molly-shannon-ever-make-a-thriller-with-an-armed-police-standoff-where-she-gets-shot/1018866 "2025-05-28T02:05:49Z")
I just saw some short clips from a movie (I presume), Molly Shannon was the only one in the cast I recognized. It was a suburban setting, some guy gets shot in the back at a neighborhood barbeque, later she and a 10-year… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=307) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=309)